Another Central Texas Police Officer is facing serious charges after being accused of the sexual assault of a child.
According to a report from the WacoTrib, Nathaniel George Lawrence, 33, was indicted on second-degree felony charges of sexual assault of a child and prostitution of a minor by a McLennan County Grand Jury on Thursday.
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Our news partners at KWTX report that Lawrence was originally arrested on January 26 after staff at the McLane Children s Hospital made a report to local law enforcement about a teen under the age of 17 who “was possibly receiving financial benefits from adult men in exchange for sexual acts,” an arrest warrant affidavit says.
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A former Bruceville-Eddy Police Department officer has been charged after reportedly arranging to have sexual intercourse with a minor.
Paul J. Gately and Rissa Shaw with our partners at News 10 report that 32-year-old Nathaniel George Lawrence was arrested Tuesday and charged with prostitution of a minor and sexual assault.
Police began investigating this case on January 21, when staff at McLane Children s Hospital in Temple alerted police that a teenage patient under the age of 17 might be a victim of sex trafficking.
Rhiannon Saegert with the Waco Tribune-Herald reports that the victim spoke with deputies about having communicated with a police officer via Facetime, and that they d met on at least one occasion last fall to have sex in exchange for money.